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I would say you may have a faulty reel or defect. I have several ss1 and the spool tensioner on these are super quality with fine tune adjustment fairly easily. However I have had 2 quantum reels, one being a smoke that seem to have the same problem you are experiencing, I never could figure it out and the both are currently shelved in my garage.

The pro qualifier is a good reel, I've had one for several years now, and I like it. However, for 100 bucks, if it was me, I wouldn't blink twice... lews speed spool ss1, 89 bucks on TW.

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The incredi-craw is a great bait. I have caught several 3+ pounders on the larger size in the Okeechobee color both texas and Carolina rigging. It's a great bait for larger bass.

I would apply a fishes fighting ability to my definition of a dink. A fish that requires little to no effort to reel in is a dink in my book. The same fight when you snag a stick. Anything that pulls back or has enough weight to bend your rod over is enough to call it a decent fish in my opinion.

Went to acadamy today to spend my gift cards I received for my birthday. Over in the corner they had a shopping cart with some small brown boxes, and out of curiosity I went over and looked. They were full of there new line of crankbaits about to come out. I know there are a lot of fans of the h20 cranks as I am one of them. I compare there existing cranks to a bandit style and a lucky craft style. These new cranks are a little unique.. one series I would say reminds me the most of a norman style crank like a Deep little n. The other style is a flat sided square bill that is super thin! Like lipless crank thin!!!! Don't know how they fish but they look sweet! I scored a few with some of the zoom baits on sale. Love academy!

has anyone seen or fished their new n xs line yet? I grabbed one at bass pro today it looks sweet. it's 2.5 inches long and dives to 14-18 feet. it's said to fill the gap between the dd 22 and the dln. it also has 3d realistic eyes as well instead of painted one's. I googled them but can't find anything on them not even on Norman's website! edit: finally found a site or two to buy or view online just Google norman n xs crank bait

Welcome to Oklahoma. If you you get a boat I would suggest three lakes that are a reasonable distance from you: Arbuckle. Its probably an hour and a half from you and has a healthy population of bass. Last November our bass club tournament produced a 9 lb and a 10lb Lmb. It definitely has some big fish. Konowa. A little over a hour away from the okc. Extremely good lake full of keeper sized bass. I would highly reccomend it in Nov through March as its a power plant lake. Prague city lake. Small but good. Has Florida strain Lmb and caught my pb 5-14 there this year. Lots of 2 and 3 pounders with a good chance of a 5-9 lb fish For bank fishing you might check out the department of wildlifes close to home ponds. Google there website for a list of all there ponds. However, I'd say most of them are junk for bass fishing, but a few are decent. There is one in Yukon where I regularly catch 1.5- 4 lb fish and as a matter of fact I caught a 3 lb there today. Good luck. And Boomer sooner!

The above poster nailed it. There just isnt enough people out there to buy boats at a lowered price and still try and make a profit

I regularly fish a few highly pressured pond, while the water is dirtier in one and gin clear in another and my experience has taught me this: in the murkier colored pond, you can throw just about anything "normal"...spinner, crank,topwater, worms etc and never catch a thing. Try something completly crazy and unorthodoxed and I will catch fish all day. Some examples: a spot remover stand up jig head with a blue beaver type bait, or same jig head with a red yum doozee (its like a tube, but slimmer and like 6" long. You rig these up and you think theres no way.... But sometimes it can be the ticket, something they have NEVER sen before. As for clear water, ive had the best success at night. Nobody really fishes at night at this pond but me but if u must during the day, the above posters are spot on. Small finissse worms with little or no weight is hard to beat. Just my 2 cents.

Gotta say bigger and better hooks on this one. For a superfluke, use a 3/0 or 4/0 gammy ewg. Should solve your problem. If not it may be dinks.

Ive had this happen to me before using a chatterbait. Crank crank crank. Nothing for an hour. Cast and got a backlash. it sat on the bottom for about a min or two while I got the nest untangled. Picked it up fish on. Every cast after this id let It sink and wait as long as I could stand it. I ended up catching a few more this way. The only explanation I can come up with is dying shad falling down to the bottom. I think the bass actually will sit there and look at it for sometime and as soon as it moves an inch they inhale it. Just my opinion.

Huddleston swimbait I suppose. this place sounds a lot like some local ponds around here. Full of stunted dinks. what I would do is throw something for the larger fish, jig, swimjig or your ragetoad and after about 30 min or so downsize to a finesse worm or grub and slay the dinks. It may not be what your looking for (catching larger fish) but it beats not catching anything. And who knows if there is some larger fish they may be more apt to hit the smaller more natural looking baits.

Its a good technique for points and drop offs. alot of people will catch fish on a crank and when the bite slows pick it apart with the c rig. What makes it so good is your plastic glides along freely behind the weight and is much more natural looking. Texas rig can work too but c rig shines in my opinion in working a significant depth change.